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Artists›Jan Asselijn

Jan Asselijn

1610–1652

WA-00023389

Dieppe, France

PaintingBaroque

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None documented

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ541976

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3 cross-verified · 1 single-source

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BiographyWikidata· 92%✓
Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%

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Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q541976
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

Jan Asselijn was a Dutch Golden Age painter known for dynamic landscape and animal paintings executed in a loose, gestural manner that contrasts with the precise detail-work of his contemporaries. Working in oils on canvas and panel, he favored dramatic natural scenes populated with cattle, horses, and hunting parties, often rendered with rapid brushwork and warm tonalities. Active in Amsterdam during the 1630s and 1640s, Asselijn developed a distinctive approach to the pastoral genre that emphasized movement and atmospheric effect over narrative clarity.

Source: Wikidata · Trust score: 40% · Updated 17d ago

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Baroque

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Rijksmuseum National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (11)

The Tiber River with the Ponte Molle at Sunset

1650 · oil on canvas

overall: 41.2 × 54 cm (16 1/4 × 21 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Muleteers beside an Italian Ruin

1650 · oil paint

height: 67 cm, width: 82 cm

Rijksmuseum

The Threatened Swan; Interpreted later as an Allegory on Johan de Witt

1650 · canvas, oil paint (paint)

width: 171 cm, height: 144 cm

Rijksmuseum

Cavalry attack at sunset

1646 · oil paint

height: 49 cm, width: 74 cm

Rijksmuseum

View of S. Teodoro in Rome

1645 · brush on paper, graphite (mineral)

height: 186 cm, width: 252 cm

Rijksmuseum

View of the Ponte Rotto in Rome, seen from the East

1640 · paper

width: 313 cm, height: 199 cm

Rijksmuseum

Two Travellers in a Subterranean Grotto

1636 · brush on chalk, deck paint, ink, paper

width: 403 cm, height: 269 cm

Rijksmuseum

Resting Huntsmen in an Italianate Landscape

1636 · brush on paper, chalk, ink

width: 403 cm, height: 269 cm

Rijksmuseum

View of the Ponte Rotto, Rome, with Watermills

1635 · Watercolor, over graphite, on cream laid paper

20 × 45.5 cm (7 7/8 × 17 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Figures in an Outdoor Tavern

1635 · Black chalk, brush and brownis-gray wash, heightened with white; framing lines in brown ink, on blue paper

sheet: 11 1/16 x 8 13/16 in. (28.1 x 22.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Overgrown Courtyard of Ruined Castle

1619 · Brush and gray wash, with traces of black chalk, on ivory laid paper

30.2 × 33.6 cm (11 15/16 × 13 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (5)

11 published of 35 catalogued · 34 with image

Rijksmuseum
7 published7 img
Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img
Nga
1 published1 img
The Met
1 published
+ 1 more source · 24 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 5)

20 entries · 2 sources

View of the Ponte Rotto in Rome, seen from the East
1640 · Rijksmuseum · 6 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_numberWikidata·titleWikidata·mediumWikidata·year_createdWikidata·primary_image_urlWikidata·artwork_type
Cavalry attack at sunset
1646 · Rijksmuseum · 6 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_numberWikidata·titleWikidata·mediumWikidata·year_createdWikidata·primary_image_urlWikidata·artwork_type
Muleteers beside an Italian Ruin
1650 · Rijksmuseum · 6 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_numberWikidata·titleWikidata·mediumWikidata·year_createdWikidata·primary_image_urlWikidata·artwork_type
The Threatened Swan; Interpreted later as an Allegory on Johan de Witt
1650 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
View of S. Teodoro in Rome
1645 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Baroque

Collections4

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Rijksmuseum National Gallery of Art

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